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James Wan (born 26 February 1977) is an Australian filmmaker. He has primarily worked in the horror genre as the co-creator of the Saw and Insidious franchises and the creator of The Conjuring Universe. The lattermost is the highest-grossing horror franchise at over $2 billion. Wan is also the founder of the film and television production company Atomic Monster. Beginning his career with the Saw franchise, Wan made his feature directorial debut with his first film in 2004. The franchise became commercially successful and grossed more than $1 billion globally. Following a period of setbacks, Wan found new success with the Insidious series, in which he directed the first film in 2010 and its 2013 sequel. The same year as the second Insidious, Wan directed the first Conjuring film to critical and commercial success. He served as the director of the second installment in 2016 and produced subsequent films in the franchise. Outside of horror, Wan directed Furious 7 (2015), the seventh installment of the Fast & Furious franchise, and the DC Extended Universe superhero films Aquaman (2018) and its sequel Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023). Both Furious 7 and Aquaman grossed over $1 billion, making Wan the eighth director with two films to reach the milestone. He is the 16th highest-grossing director of all time as of 2021, with his films having grossed over $3.7 billion worldwide. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Wan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The story begins when Lara embarks on her first expedition aboard the Endurance with the intention of finding the lost kingdom of Yamatai. In a storm, the ship is cut in half and threatens to be wrecked. Lara Croft gets on board, but fails to hold on to a group of her friends and falls into the sea. When she reaches the beach of the island, an unknown person knocks her out. Lara subsequently wakes up in an underground shrine where the locals worship a goddess Himiko. When Lara manages to break free from prison, she tries to find her friends. Later, Lara does meet her friend Sam, but she is taken by the islander Mathias to an unknown location. When Lara manages to track down the rest of the group, a manhunt is launched for Sam, during which the group of friends is split up. Lara and Dr. Whitman are kidnapped by unknown Russians and Lara must once again manage to escape. Gradually, she unravels the complex life on the island and discovers who the mythical goddess Himiko is and why there is no way off the island. However, after destroying Himiko and saving Sam, the story ends on an open ended note with Lara's decision not to return home.
